kuma-dp connects to control plane without verifying TLS certificate when no CA is configured
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osv · GHSA-wvmp-6r4v-j6cv
PublishedWhen kuma-dp is started against an HTTPS control plane and the operator did not pass a CA certificate, the data plane connects with TLS peer verification disabled. The dataplane authentication token is sent over this unverified connection ## Impact An on-path attacker can intercept the dataplane authentication token and impersonate the control plane to the data plane, allowing them to inject a forged bootstrap configuration and take over the proxy ## Affected configurations - Universal mode `kuma-dp` started against an HTTPS control plane without `--ca-cert-file` (or `KUMA_CONTROL_PLANE_CA_CERT` unset) ## Not affected - Kubernetes installs done through the standard installers (`kumactl install control-plane` or the official Helm chart). In both cases the control plane's mutating admission webhook injects `KUMA_CONTROL_PLANE_CA_CERT` into every sidecar at pod admission, so each `kuma-dp` starts with the CA already configured ## Workarounds Set `--ca-cert-file` (or `KUMA_CONTROL_PLANE_CA_CERT`) on every Universal mode data plane and point it at the control plane's serving CA. Alternatively, terminate the control plane behind a publicly trusted certificate; the patched releases will verify successfully against the operating system trust store with no further configuration ## Resources - Fix: https://github.com/kumahq/kuma/pull/16777
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- 16 Jul 2026 20:09:12 UTC
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- 13 Aug 2026 04:10:47 UTC
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- 24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC
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